Jan 21, 2025 | Writing and Creating |
Sometimes our expectations of ourselves as writers (whether we write to build business, express ourselves, or as a way to make a living) are way too high. It’s good to hold aspirations to be a highly-skilled, prolific writer. But what’s not good is when we...
Nov 19, 2024 | Get Yourself There |
Modern always-connected life wasn’t designed for the professional or creative who needs to focus. It’s almost as if there is an internet-based conspiracy to interfere with your most important work. Kate I. Foley, an impossibly-young fiction author and...
Jul 12, 2024 | Get Yourself There |
Do you ever find yourself feeling afraid, resistant, or just plain stuck about getting started on something you need to do? Of course you do. We all do. Whether it’s not knowing how to begin, going out for a walk on a freezing morning, filing your income taxes,...
May 17, 2024 | Writing and Creating |
We self-employed professionals and creatives are always generating new stuff. We write blog posts, develop courses, and generate copy for our websites and emails. Some of us create unique work on behalf of our clients. To become prolific at this constant stream of...
Mar 25, 2024 | Self-Employment Secrets |
As a self-employed professional or creative, you’re creating new stuff all the time. You may write blog posts, design courses, produce marketing copy, craft speeches, create designs for clients, devise strategic plans, or dozens of other possibilities....
Jan 22, 2024 | Get Yourself There |
One of the most painful moments for any self-employed professional or creative is staring at a blank page or screen, trying to figure out where to begin a project. Robert M. Pirsig, in his classic Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, gave practical advice about...
